Refrigerating-counter.



E. GAREENTER.

REFRIGEBATING COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 5, 1907.

938,554. atented Nov. 2, 1909`.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Patanted Nov. 2, 1909.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

E. CARPENTER. RBFRIGERATING COUNTER.

APPLIUMION FILED 00T. s, 1907.

938,554. Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

, UNITED snTEs ENTE OFFCE.

EUGENE CARPENTER, or NEWTON, MASSAHUSETTS, AssIeNoE To THE AUTOMATIC REFRIGERATING COMPANY, 0F I-ILARLFORD,v CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION 01"'l NEW JERSEY.

REFRIGERATING-COUN TER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.;

Application filed October 5, 1907. Serial No. 395,987.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure l is a transverse section through the counter showing the bottom and the top part separated. Fig. 1a is a modication of the door, shown in Fig. l. Fig. 2 is a modilied form of the countershown in perspective view. Fig.' 3 is a detail side View of the ribs holding the glass plates of the counter top. Fig. 4 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a part of the lower portion of the counter.

The particular advantages of my counter are that a perfect and constant air circulation is obtained owing to the manner -in which part of the refrigerant is disposed, and the convenient manner in which the counter may be refilled and taken apart for cleaning purposes.

'In Fig. 1 of the drawin s 1 is a casing of suitable material, prefera ly wood, braced throughout by ribs 2 and containing a compartment 3 disposed so that an insulating air space 4 is formed around it. The inside of the outer casing 1 and the outside of the inner compartment may besides be insulated'A with any kind of suitable insulating material 5 such as for instance paper, felt or the like. The inside of compartment 3 is lined with a suitable water-proof lining 6 prefer'v ably galvanized sheet metal thus forming a pan within compartment 3. The bottom of com artment 3 is slantingly disposed toward the fiont of the counterl and is provided with a drain 7 at its lowest point to drain off moisture collecting at the bottom. Transversely to its longitudinal axis are provided Within compartment 3 a suitable number of removable supporting walls 8 dividing the compartment mto a suitable number of sections communicating with #each other through opening 9 provided at vthe lower end of each wall so that the moisture collecting in the compartment may flow to drain 7 from all sections. At their upper edgewalls 8 are provided with notches or recesses 10 in which refrigerating pipes 11 containing the refrigerant are disposed. so that these pipes are run in parallel to the longitudinal axis' of the compartment and are s upported-by walls 8. At least one of the refrigeratlng pipes 12 is disposed at the extreme top `of the rear or high wall of the compartment and is referably the first through which the refrigerant passes before passing through pipes 11 disposed in wall 8. Pipes 11 are covered by-floor 13, also slanting toward the front of the counter on which the goods to be displayed are placed and which may be provided with a lip 14 at its lower edge i order to prevent the goods from sliding from the licor. In order to facilitate cleanin Acompartment 3 floor 13 is made prefera ly removable.

At the lower end of supports 8 on the upper edge are provided the spacin lips 15 against which rests the floor -13 an this floor 13 is suiiciently narrower than the compartment so that passage ways 27 and 28 respectively of suitable' width are left between the floor and the lower and upper vertical walls of the compartment, upper passage ways 28 being preferably wider than the 1- ameter of refrigerating pipef12, which 1s dlsposfd directly above the passage way. p

Compartment 3 is covered with a glass' cover 17 (shown removed in Fig. 1) which may be fastened tight to the upper edge of compartment 3 by any suitable well known means. The cover consists of a frame 18 for supporting the glass which protects the products displayed in the counter and is preferably opened from the rear by means of doors 19 'and 2O which .may slide in grooves 21 and 22 respectively.l These doors are easily and quickly opened and may be removed entirely on busy days with very little loss of eifectiveness of refrigeration. The doors are 1'preferably hung on hinges 29 as shown in Fig. 1, in which case they are preferably swung from the top so they will open by pushing same insidethe glass cover. The top of cover 17, as may be seen from the drawings, inclines forward, which follows the general' outlines of the upper refrigeration J-K. The cover may have.

double glass panes but consists preferably of only one thickness as there is a tendency for moisture to accumulate between the two f panes of glass thus concealing to a considerable extent the goods displayed.

The manner in which the counter operates is as follows: The pipe V12 disposed at the upper rear edge of compartment 3 cools the air surrounding it, thus increasing its weight so that the air will besent down by gravity in the direction Aof arrow A through theopening 28 into the space underneath iioor 13, which in turn will cause the air. contained therein and cooled by pipe 11 topass out through the passageway 27 at the lower end'of iioor 13 in the direction of arrow B. Thus the air in the counter is'kept moving continually in the direction -indicated by soap and. hot water, whereafter the latter'- the arrows A-B, the moisture contained' in the airfbeing largely picked up by the pipes 11 so that the air is constantly kept dry as well .as cold. At certain periods all the goods may b e removed, door 13 taken out, and the compartment be cleaned with may beA easily drained ott' bylmean's of drain pipe 7.

While I have shown anddescribed a par-- ticular r/form of `refrigerating counter I do `not wish to limit myself to this one form since various modifications may be made thereon Without departing from the spirit of my invention. f

I Vhave shown for instance in the modified form illustrated in Fig.-2 two refrigerating pipes 12 near the upper edge ofthe rear wall of the compartment. Furthermorey the counter maybe built' without a removable.

cover 17 such as shown in Fig. 1. As may be seen in Fig. 2 the top glass panes 23 and 24 and the front panes 25 may be made removable i-n order to place goods into the counter for which purpose the front panes 25 are disposed slidingly grooves 30 of brackets 26, while the top panes 23 and 22E may rest on'top of brackets 26 and belifted off if necessary. The advantageof this form is that the counter may be refilled from thel front by removing one of the front'panes while the products may be taken out throng the rear door as described before. f

I claim: 1. A refrigerating counter having astationaryy lower section and a removable upper" section opening toward said lower section,

an insulated compartment within said lower sectionslantingly disposed and adapted'to hold the refrigerating means, and an 1nclined floor disposed within said compart- Lmentat aI suitable distance from the bottom to cover the refrigeratinmeans and adapted '[0 to carry the objects to e refrigerated and y hcaving air passageways between lts opposite edges and the respective vertical walls of said com artment, said removable upper section belng inclined substantially in the direction of said floor. A

2. A refrigerating counter, having a stationary lower section and a removable upper section, an insulated compartment within said lower section slantingly disposed and a supporting-floor'within said compartment e for the objects to -be refrigerated, and blocks supporting said door, refrigeratingA pipes also supported by said blocks underneath. said floor, saidv floor rhaving air passageways between its two opposite edges and the respective vertical walls of said compartment.

3. A refrigerating counter, having a stationary lower section and a removable upper 9o section, an insulated compartment within said lower section slantingly disposed and adapted to hold the refrigerating means and 'a floor, disposed within said lcompartment at a suitable'distance from the bottom to 95 cover the refrigerating means and adapted to carry the objects to be refrigerated, and having air passagewa-ys between itstwo opposite edges and the respective vertical walls of said com artment, and a refrigerating pipe dispose at a suitable height above one of the air passage ways and the floor and adapted to cause the air to circulate above said fioor toward said .refrigerating pi e andV underneath said f ioor in the opposite i'- 105 rection. v y

r 4.- A refrigeratingl counter, havin astationary lowervsection and a removab e up r section, an insulated compartment within said lower section slantingly disposed and a supporting floor within said compartment .for the objects to be refrigerated and blocks supportin said floor, rec'esses at the lower ends. of sald blocks, `refrigerating pipes also supported by' said blocks underneath said 115 floor, said floor having air passagewaysbe- 'tween its two o posite edges and the respective vertical wa ls of said compartment..

5. A refrigerating counter having an in sulated lower compartment, and a removable ioor at a suitabledistance above the bottom of said lower compartment adapted to carry the objects to vbe refrigerated and displayed, said floor having air passageways at its edges, refrigerating pipes suitably supported underneath said floor and u er refrigerating pi es disposedv at a suitagl height above one o said passageways, causing the air to circulate down from said upper pipes through said passageway underneath said 13 eeaeee 6. A re rigeratmg counter, having a stationary lower section and a removable upper section, an insulated compart-ment witliin said lower section slantingly disposed, and aoor also slantingly disposed within said compartment at a suitable distance from the boty tom adapted to carry the objects to be refloor and rigerated and having air passage Ways between its upper and lower edges and the respective vertical walls of said receptacle, blocks supporting said Hoor, refrigerating pipes also supported by said blocks underneath said floor, and a refrigerating pipe disposed at a suitable height abovesaid upper a1r passageway, causing the air to circulate above said floor from the lower edge to the upper edge and underneath said ioor from the upper edge to the lower edge.

7. In a refri erating counter of the character describe ,fthe combination with an outer casing, an inner waterproof compartment slantingly disposed and a floor in said inner. compartment for carrying the objects to be refri erated, blocks supporting said orming a plurality of sections communicatin Lat the lower ends, a drain pipe leading rom the bottom of said inner compartment at the lower end, and refrigerat-mg pipes disposed underneath said floor supported by said blocks.

8. .In a refrigerating counter of the chan aeter described, the combination with an outer casing, anv insulated' inner compart-V ment slantingly disposed, a floor in said inner compartment disposed at a suitable distance from the bottom thereof and having'an open passageway between its two op'os1te edges and the respective vertical' wa ls, supports for said Hoor having spacing lips to gage the distance between said floor edges and the respective vertical walls.

9. A refrigerating counter of the character described, havlng an outer casing and an inner compartment slantingly disposed, and a supporting floor in said inner compartment. for carrying the objects to be refrigerated also slantingly disposed at a suitable distance from the bottom of said compartment and having an open space between its upper and lower edges and the respective vertical walls of said compartments and also having a lip at its lowerl edges, to retain the objects to be rezlfrigerated.

10. A. refrigerating counter of the character described, havmg a lower stationary section and an upper removable section, an insulated waterproof compartment ada ted to contain the refrigerating means, a oor within said compartment covering the rerigerating means and slantingly disposed :for supporting the objects to be refrigerated, said floor disposed at a-suitable distance below the lever of the uppermost edge of said compartment to keep the objects to be refrigerated beneath said level. g

. EUGENE CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

Enw. E. PEA'SLEY, FRED. M. KIMBALL. 

